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History and Development of Political Communication on Television
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 04:29:07 -0500
Sender: Visual Communications Discussion
IMAGES OF POLITICS History and Development of Political Communication on Television International conference - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - October 23, 24 and 25, 1997
An international conference organised by the Film Research Foundation in Amsterdam, in association with the Departments of Communication and Political Science (University of Amsterdam) and the Documentation Centre for Dutch Political Parties (University of Groningen), on the changing role of massmedia - in particular television - in political communication. A central question is whether changes in media and politics have lead to a different, more entertainment focused 'media logic', sometimes referred to as 'american- ization'. The emphasis in the conference will be on both controlled publicity (party political broadcasts and tv-spots, media strategies of political parties, political marketing) and on free publicity (news, talkshows, media- political interaction). The conference combines historical research with analysis of recent developments in order to locate, discuss and evaluate new trends in political communication. Recent elections in the USA and the UK may be a comparative starting point.
Next to a range of workshops, keynote speakers will address and visually illustrate the various topics. Audiovisual materials - the images and sounds themselves - are an important feature: the two-day conference will be preceded by a screening-day and, of course, the lectures themselves will be illustrated by clips and examples. It will be a unique occasion to see rare audiovisual footage of party political broadcasts, propaganda films and different examples of 'free publicity'.
The conference will bring together those who are active in the field of political communication and scholars from different disciplines including history, political science, masscommunications and sociology.
Paper topics may include: --Political parties and the massmedia: discovery, expectations, disappoint- ments, successes. -Live broadcasting of parliamentary debates: discussions and effects. -'Americanization': A curse or a blessing? Different perceptions from the 1920's to the present. -'Americanization': Journalistic rhetoric or political reality? -Developments in party political broadcasts and 'spots'. -Party political broadcasts as representations of contemporary history. -Politicians and their audiences: changing forms of public address. -Media strategies and tv-training of political parties. -Political marketing: Medicine or poison? -Changing relations between politicians and journalists. -Political news in the multi-channel reality. -The 'infotainment' of politics. -The 'scandalisation' of politics. -The upcoming role of local and regional television. -Looking at the future: new media (Internet) and new for(u)ms ('electronic democracy') of political communication.
You are invited to send an abstract (maximum 300 words) before March 1, 1997 to: Stichting Film en Wetenschap Monique van Dongen MA Zeeburgerkade 8, 1019 HA, Amsterdam Tel.: +31 (0)20 665 29 66. Fax: +31 (0)20 665 90 86. E-mail: monique.vandongen@sfw.l
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Jay Ruby, Temple University, PO Box 128, Mifflintown PA 17059 USA Office- 215-204-7513 Fax - 717-436-9559 Email - ruby@pennet.net
"Television is a medium, so called because it is neither rare nor well done." Ernie Kovacs
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